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My discomfort with so many of the state and national “liberty” candidates for office is their general willingness to appeal to collectivism on issues like immigration, otherwise known as “moving.” Even Ron Paul was plagued by this, in part to be taken seriously by Republican voters. Of course, I may be too cynical in [...]
An insightful resource for understanding why Republican politicians haven’t ended the welfare state in all their years in office is a free book called “The Conservative Nanny State.”
Some examples in the book demonstrate how big-government conservatives work to transfer wealth from the poor and exploited. The author, economist Dean Baker, described how [...]
As I understand the most common justification for the state, there exists scarcity in the world and conflict ensues as individuals compete for scarce resources. (See Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature.) Therefore, we need an organization that holds a monopoly within a territory on ultimate decision making to resolve conflicts. The decision maker, what [...]
I believe I should not take part in violence against peaceful people, and I expect others to do the same.
I have a compelling interest to engage society. I find joy and happiness in interacting with people in a peaceful manner. I do not wish to participate in any coercive actions. If we are to [...]
The Alliance of the Libertarian Left is an aggregate of Rothbardians, mutualists, voluntaryists, anarchists, agorists, extreme minarchists, and others united in opposition to statism and existing forms of coercive and irrational institutions. The newest group of ALLies has formed here in the Metroplex.
In a sense, ALL is an effort to draw a distinction [...]
The Haltom City Council tabled its proposed animal license ordinance Monday night after almost two hours of debate. A handful of people spoke in opposition to some or all aspects of the proposal during the public hearing. One man, obviously suffering from cognitive dissonance, offered to make the first “donation” for his license. Some of [...]
I support the non-aggression principle. And I mean it.
I support it to its logical conclusion, that the state should not exist. The state secures its place on its threat to initiate coercion against a peaceful individual. Seeing how the threat itself, let alone the exercise of it, is a form of aggression, I [...]
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‘I Will Hang Your Ass’
Collectivists hold that individuals are subordinate to a group and have value only so far as they serve the demands of that group. Examples are racism, sexism, nationalism, statism, and altruism — second-hand ideologies of guilt and the gun. Because collectivism runs so contrary to the individual autonomy of human beings, collectivists snarl at sincere [...]